• Zachariah@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    offer me eternity,
    and I’ll trade a cup of coffee and a dime looking for a handout
    on behalf of those who have so little time

    but who wants to live on just 70 cents a day? padding your pockets doesn’t make this a better place
    “cereal and water” is a feast for some you say
    your price-tag on existence can’t cover your double face

    quality or quantity: a choice you have to make

    dipping in the icing
    bringing home the largest turkey from the field
    breaking all the piggy banks, scooping up the booty
    licking all the right holes, bolstering the payroll

    why reduce life to a dollar amount per day?
    and why let the world think this is the American way?
    your uneaten greens are a feast for some you say
    survival and living are concepts you can’t equate

    quality or quantity: don’t tell me they’re the same